Bug Description

the two common led on my keyboard (NumLock and CapsLock) stopped functioning properly.
The related key continue working (if I press CapsLock characters get enabled and disabled, even if I don't see the light), but the leds don't give any response. Regarding to the NumLock key it doesn't work in MacBook probably missing some xmap configuration in x11-xkb-utils.

Confirming this on Intrepid release version. Running MBP Santa Rosa (3.1). Removing mouseemu fixes the issue; perhaps not installing it by default would be a valid approach if the problem itself cannot be fixed?

I just did an apt-get remove mouseemu on a fresh install of Intrepid with a MacBook 2,1 and immediately the caps lock and num lock lights started working, /but/ i lost all other keyboard keys except for the brightness controls (!?). fixed by switching to one of the text-only consoles (err, alt-ctrl-fn-f4 i think) and reinstalling mouseemu.

but, i've just installed an FDI file for the trackpad, and gsynaptics, so i'm going to reboot and try again, and if that works i'll post a new message here.

I just removed mouseemu, used HAL to configure two-finger right-click (Google appletouch.fdi ubuntu), and installed pommed (sudo apt-get install pommed). The pommed daemon controls keyboard backlight controls, brightness, eject button etc. Just edit /etc/pommed.conf and change FNMODE to 2 to force Fn mode (Fn + F2 = Brightness Up). That worked for me. Removing mouseemu kills all keyboard input UNLESS the proper appletouch.fdi is identified to the HAL daemon (as HAL is used for mouse configuration now, not X). Also, add "applesmc" to a new line of /etc/modules to enable full Apple keyboard control and everything. It may seem like a lot to do, but now it works flawlessly.

I'm on an nVidia Mac Mini (Macmini3,1) running Jaunty, and the num-lock key works fine, but caps lock has the problem described here (key works, but the light doesn't light up). Removing the mouseemu package does correct the problem, as others here have stated, and does not disable the rest of my keyboard, nor does it seem to affect the operation of my mouse at all. I did already have applesmc loaded in the kernel (I didn't have to add that).

If that is correct, then the issue still remains and the bug should still be open. I am going to make this a duplicate of #251830 since that seems to be where work is being done on this. Please add appropriate information there.